Minority Rights in Asia
Subtitle: A Comparative Legal Analysis
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: May 29, 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780199296057
First sentence: The protection of minorities constitutes one of the first fissures in the primarily intergovernmental basis of the interests protected by public international law.
Description: Countries in Asia, with their diverse populations, struggle with constructing legal systems that will deliver on the promise of equal rights to all its citizens. This book evaluates these attempts in four Asian states: India, China, Malaysia and Singapore.